ATI, Hawker Brownlow Education Sign International Distribution Agreement

PRINCETON, NJ, Aug 05 (MARKET WIRE) --
Educational Testing Service's (ETS) Assessment Training Institute (ATI)
has entered into an agreement with Hawker Brownlow Education (HBE), a
major educational publisher in Australia, to publish and distribute ATI
professional development titles, including books and DVDs, in Australia
and other countries.

Under the terms of the agreement HBE will produce, market and sell ATI
products in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore, greatly
broadening ATI's market reach. With several ATI distribution partners
already in place within the United States and Canada, this marks the
first agreement for ATI distribution outside North America.

"Assessment literacy is becoming increasingly important in Australia,"
says June Paci, ETS Director of Business Development, "so Hawker Brownlow
saw the potential for our ATI products in that market. This business
relationship will introduce these products to new international,
English-speaking markets."

According to HBE's Publishing Director, Elaine Brownlow, the
print-on-demand capabilities of HBE allow them to offer Australian
educators a broad and eclectic range of titles across the K-12 curriculum
that would not be possible with the traditional publishing practice of
high-volume print runs.

Brownlow says, "We are tremendously excited about our agreement with ETS.
Assessment is a 'hot' topic in Australia at this time and the addition of
the ETS range of assessment titles will be met with great enthusiasm by
our teachers and administrators."

The Assessment Training Institute (ATI) was founded in 1992 in Portland,
Oregon by Rick Stiggins and acquired by ETS in 2006. Guided by the belief
that involving students in the classroom assessment process encourages
them to take responsibility for their own progress and success, ATI
focuses on building students' confidence in themselves as learners, as
well as supporting teachers as they face the challenges of developing
quality day-to-day classroom assessments.

Steve Chappuis, Executive Director of ATI, adds, "The agreement ensures
that our products are published and distributed by a reputable and
long-trusted education leader in Australia. Along with this assurance, we
are fulfilling our mission to help teachers learn to assess student
achievement with the highest level of quality, and use those results to
promote further learning."

Twenty years of research prove the principles of assessment for learning
increase student confidence, desire to learn and academic performance. In
addition, ATI's learning team model of professional development helps
teachers quickly learn to assess accurately and use the results to promote
even further learning.

For more information about ATI, to request a catalog or to order
materials, please visit www.ets.org/ati or call (800) 480-3060.

About ETS

ETS is a nonprofit institution with the mission to advance quality and
equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, research and
related services for all people worldwide. In serving individuals,
educational institutions and government agencies around the world, ETS
customizes solutions to meet the need for teacher professional development
products and services, classroom and end-of-course assessments, and
research-based teaching and learning tools. Founded in 1947, ETS today
develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually, in
more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide. Additional
information is available at www.ets.org/ets

About Hawker Brownlow Education

Hawker Brownlow Education (HBE) was founded in 1985 in Melbourne,
Australia by Elaine and David Brownlow. HBE is generally considered to be
the world's first totally print-on-demand publishing house, a process
which was also launched in 1985. Today HBE is a leader in the "green"
printing industry, employing the latest digital print technology to
create an educational publishing business that holds no stock, but is
never out of stock, of any title on its huge publishing list. For more
information, please visit www.hbe.com.au.

Contact:
Jason Baran
(609) 683-2428
mediacontacts@ets.org

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